This is such a beautiful time of year and a scary time with the Election tomorrow. I had not planned to have my November blog focus on the election but it is just so important to focus on the political scene. Last Thursday I was very energized in reading a New York Tmes article by Nicholas Kristof on the differences between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. My takeaway was that she is not perfect – but then none of us is. She is bright, politically experienced and truly cares about our wonderful country and wants to be a leader for all. Donald Trump is focused on himself.

I think there were some evil political spirits hiding inside my computer. My brand new computer started acting erraticly. I was determined to share the Kristof article but the evil spirits did their best to stop me. If I pressed an “a” a “q” showed up. If I pressed an “e” it was replaced by a “c”. Various unwanted symbols also put in an appearance. The worse it got made me even more determined to share Kristof ‘s election thoughts with beloved family members. And so off it went – not to everyone because the computer’s ailments wore me down but at least to the grandchildren and hopefully all nineteen but no guarantees because of my computer malfunction.

( Computer malfunction was cured when the next day I took the computer to the Genius Bar at Apple and they found that the tech who set up the new computer had left out one important step – that step was completed and the computer is working fine now,)

Have had some great discussions with different family members about the United States involvement in Gaza and Lebanon . I don’t feel that I have done a good enough job of explaining how I could possibly back the Democratic ticket when I am not supportative of our country’s supplying weapons to Israel. I am personally horrified by the carnage in Gaza but feel that if Trump wins the election the situation will get even worse!

In 1956 I voted for the first time. I was a nursing student at Cornell and so excited that I was finally able to vote. When my absentee ballot arrived in the mail I could barely contain my excitement. I checked the date it had to be returned by, and my class schedule, and then planned my first voting experience for a few days later when I could devote enough time to this long anticipated civic duty. I am a political junkie.

Jerry and I voted at the Fairfax Government Center last week. There was only about a twenty five minute wait. We decided to vote early not knowing what Tuesday would bring. The two times Barack Obama ran we voted at our local school. The wait was about 3- 4 hours but the time passed quickly. There was such a feeling of fellowship among all those waiting in line. We live in a pretty blue district. We all felt so privileged to be helping to elect such an amazing candidate. And I feel that way today about Kamala Harris.

If you haven’t already PLEASE VOTE!!!